40GNAI - Coral + White + Aztec and Review for Born Pretty Store

Hello, hello!

This week's prompt was Coral + White with my personal one Aztec.

I decided to do a gradient and then stamped some Aztec design on top. There was no way I was going to freehand them this week. I don't know why but I find it difficult to paint Aztec/Tribal designs on my nails. It always ends up looking like a catastrophe.

 

Like I said I did a gradient with Live.Love.Carnaval. by OPI and Fiji by Essie.

 

My coral looks orange. I know. Can't figure out why. Do you have any recommendations?

After it dried a little bit I added the stamping. I use a regular white stamping polish from Born Pretty Store and use my clear jelly stamper to stamp the design on my nails.



Disclaimer: Not my picture, it is from the Born Pretty Store site

The clear jelly stamper was from Born Pretty Store, too, and I was very pleased to see that it didn't need to be "prepped". It picked the image right up and stamped perfectly. It is a little bit more squishy than my other clear jelly stamper that I got from LadyQueen.com. As a matter of fact I think I like it better. Squishier and stickier :) I guess it depends on the person :)

If you want to buy from Born Pretty Store, you can always use my coupon code : DEAEX31!
If you want to buy nail art items from LadyQueen, you can use this code too: DXYS15!

I hope you liked it and I'll see you next week!

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xo

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40GNAI - Florals

Hello, hello!

Finally Friday! Yay!

Well, for some, at least. I was "in vacation" for the week and damn it felt good. I don't want to go back to work Monday, ugh!

Today's prompt is floral and I thought it was the time to try again with the stamping! I am happy to report that this time, it worked per-fect-ly. YAAAS, finally!

 

For the base, I used "Vintage" from Orly, a gorgeous almost neon turquoise. (On the site, they say it's a green mint, but I dunno. It looks more a turquoise to me).  It looks washed off on my picture. I know.

 

It was easy to apply, a little bit on the streaky side on the first coat, but the second evened out everything. Be careful to not overdo it, because it is kind of thick.

 

And for the stamping I used a plate from BornPrettyStore and stamped with a clear jelly stamper (the main reason it was a successful attempt!!)

 

The nail art is pretty simple, but I hope you liked it!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - 3 Shades of Purple + Stamped

Hello!

This week, the theme was 3 shades of purple and my personal prompt was stamped.

Some of you may know.. I can never get a good stamping for the life of me. So I thought : "Hey. Let's make some decals instead!"...YEAH...uh. Not so much.

My three purple were Daddy Issues (trust Fund Beauty), Rapunzel (FUN Lacquer) and Purple Monkey Dishwasher (Pretty Serious) if you want to know before we begin.

 

I went with only two fingers because. (Maybe because I knew what would happened...Mh.) I think my major problem with stamping is I have CURVED nails.. -_- Like, really curved nails so when I apply the decals it always "wrinkle" at the tips..

Anyone else have curved nails and have any advices? PLEASE, help a sister!

I hope you liked it anyways even though it was a bit of a fail haha. The intention was there... :P

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xo

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Notd: Spring Plastic Bag Mani

Hello!

 

I am almost catch up with my blog post, yippee!

 

Today I'll show you nails I did only one week ago! It's still fresh haha.

 

I was feeling "spring-y" so I did this plastic bag mani with a little bit stamping! I used my new polishes from Parental Advisory Polish (I feel like they all I talk about lately lol)

 

 

52 Week Challenge - Orange, Red and Yellow

Hello to you!

I initially didn't post this mani on my blog because I thought it was not my best clean-up job and the pictures were kinda meh. Now, I'm thinking what the heck. This is my blog and it helps me to see the evolution of my skills over time, so I'll post the mani.

It was for the 52 Week Challenge (I've been slacking these past weeks I'm so behind on some prompts...) .

 

TNAG - Rainbows

Hello!

Today's happiness is brought to you by The Nail Art Guild. This week, the prompt was rainbows.

RAINBOW. I LOVE RAINBOW.

There's just so much ideas that came to my mind that I had a hard time choosing.

While I was struggling with too much ideas, my package from Born Pretty Store came. I ordered a bunch of stamping plates, hoping the Stamping Gods would be with me when the right time come.

I was "Oooh" "Ahhh"-ing the plates when I noticed a pattern I really liked (I liked almost every design haha.) It was something graphic and I knew that it would look so cool in black over a gradient. With few hope, I tried to stamp on a sheet and HAALLLLEEELUJAH, the design came out perfectly! I was so happy! I decided, then, to do the ultimate test. On my nails, that is.

31DC version 2.0: Day 28: Studs

Ahhh, famous studs!

I like them, but I can't never find a clever way to use them. I have no imagination when it comes to studs. I stick with the classical way of using them. I wish I was clever like some people (@cottonconey on IG, for exemple).

Instead, I went with some attemps at stamping (Sweet Baby, I need more practice) and the classic studs mani.